AU Champions Peace on the Continent at the 2013 Pan-African Film and Television Festival

PRESS RELEASE (AUC, Addis Ababa)

AU Champions Peace on the Continent at the 2013 Pan-African Film and Television Festival

A team from the African Union Commission is in Ouagadougou to participate in the Pan-African Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) as part of a special jury tasked with selecting the winner of a special Peace and Security Award.

The objective of the award is to recognize, reward and honor the best of African cinematography and videography that promotes a culture of peace and non-violence in line with a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed on 14 December 2012, between the Commission and the Government of Burkina Faso, acting on behalf of FESPACO.